Zielony Letni Uniwersytet 2017

The Green European Foundation, with the support of the Fundacja Strefa Zieleni, the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Warsawand the European Parliament- carries out the third

Green Summer Academy "Hope and cope"

in Puszczykowo near Poznan, 13-16 July 2017

After good experiences of 2015 and 2016 we continue to carry out a Green Summer Academy in Poland. We will meet in an extremely important year for the EU, with the Brexit negotiations, the elections in France, Germany and Netherlands, the unpredictability of the US administration of newly elected president Donald Trump and the crisis of democracy in Poland and Hungary. All these developments will directly and indirectly impact on the progress of the global climate policy and the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Next year's municipal election in Poland makes us focus on the role of regions and cities in the transition into low carbon societies as well as in other progressive transformations. We will reflect on whether the European Pact of Amsterdam can play a role in this transition. One of the cornerstones of the green vision of the world is sustainable development, for which the preservation of pure environment and natural habitats rich in biodiversity for future generations is as important as ensuring short term economic efficiency and social justice. Therefore, our Green Summer Universities gives participants an opportunity to enter into a direct relationship with living nature and thus provide them with additional knowledge, sensitivity and motivation for its protection and political representation of its interests.The mega projects of Trans-European waterways that pose a threat to principal Polish rivers, together with a badly implemented Water Frame Directive, make water ecosystems a major field of interest for ecological outdoor expeditions during this third Green Summer Academy, located in the heart of the Natural Park of Greater Poland.

As Eastern European countries share many challenges specific to post-communism, we have invited Green representatives not only from Czech Republic and Hungry, but also from our non-UE neighbour country Ukraine. We will exchange views and experiences and learn from each other. The presence of urban movements, NGOs and grassroots activists will help to develop future cooperation and continue the European Ideas Lab launched in February 2017 by the European Greens.

It is now really time to learn and debate about what people consider the most important in politics, i.e. economics and economic activity. Therefore one of the central, independent elements of this year's Green Summer Academy is the seminar on "Green Economy", organized by Fundacja Strefa Zieleni in partnership with Heinrich Böll Foundation in Warsaw. It will consist of an introductory lecture and a general debate on Friday, to be followed by two more specific workshops on circular economies and the commons in practice Saturday. Here you can form your own opinion on different concepts that Greens propose or support in response to the growing challenges of today's world. This will be an occasion to study not only general directions, but also to discuss specific local solutions.

Last not least, in Puszczykowo we open ourselves to the problems of the local community, in the heart of the National Park of Greater Poland, which currently celebrates its 60th anniversary. Together with locally engaged inhabitants we will talk about the realities of their lives and their coexistence with precious nature, all thisin close proximity to the city of Poznan.

When: July, 13^th-16^th, 2017

Where: Puszczykowo - a small town very close to Poznan, in the neighbourhood of the Natural Park of Greater Poland (Address: Leśny Ośrodek Szkoleniowy, ul. Adama Wodziczki 3, 62-040 Puszczykowo, tel. (48) 61-8-194-647)

PRIORITY TOPICS: EUROPE, ECONOMICS, POLITICAL ECOLOGY, LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND CITIES, CLIMATE, GENDER,

ECOLOGICAL THEMES:RIVERS, LAKES AND HUMID ECOSYSTEMS; OLD STANDS

LOCAL THEME:TOWN IN NEIGBORHOOD OF A NATURAL NATIONAL PARK

SKILLS: WEB COMMUNICATION: STREAMING, WEBINAR, VIDEOCONFERENCE (as a part of the international GEF project: "Digital Commons")

General information

Transfer from Warsaw:

Special bus from Warsaw to Puszczykowo on July 13^th at 12:00 (hour tbc.; meeting point in front of Palace of Science and Culture, from the side of Marszałkowska street, half an hour before leaving), and, respectively, from Puszczykowo to Warsaw on July 16^th, arriving to Warsaw at about 14:30.

For other dates and a direct arrival/departure: let us know, we will help you to organize your travel: there is a local train from Poznan to Puszczykowo (17 min, the venue is very close to the rail station, but hidden in the forest); the price of a taxi from the airport is of about 25 EUR. The organizers will try to pick up at the airport and drive to Puszczykowo all guests travelling by plane.

Participation fee and donations:

We have sponsored accommodation/catering for 80 persons: 30 speakers/ moderators/ organizers + 50 participants paying a participation fee[1]. On top of that, you can participate in GSA as an external participant: We have a possibility to get more rooms for an additional fee of 40 PLN/pp./night in double rooms in a hotel in Puszczykowo - please contact us if you are interested. All persons who would like to attend lectures, debates and workshops without accommodation and meals are welcome to do so, free of charge (nevertheless a fee of 20 PLN/pp/day as a means to share costs of the coffee breaks can be asked at the registration desk).

General agenda

Thursday 13th - arrival, wild life expeditions, 1 or 2 small groups (river, lakes, wet areas, birdwatching), 17:00 - 19:00 "Puszczykowo - a town in a neighborhood of Greater Poland National Park" - a walk followed by a meeting with active citizens of Puszczykowo; in parallel some other smaller thematic meetings; integration fire camp in the evening (at 19:30)

Friday 14th - plenary sessions: key note speeches, lectures and debates + 1 public local debate in Poznan at 18:30 + film "Demain" and short debate. Eearly in the morning and/or in the evening: wild life expeditions: river, lakes, wet area birdwatching.

Saturday 15th - 12 workshops and trainings + Polish-Ukrainian working meeting + 14:00 ecological outoor workshop for children and faminies; (evening) preparation for wild life expeditions and birdwatching. Early in the morning and/or in the evening: wild life expeditions: river, lakes, wet areas, birdwatching.

Sunday 16th - Early in the morning wild life expeditions: river, lakes, wet areas, birdwatching; departures; "climate breakfast" with prof. Zbigniew Kundzewicz; 11:00 public debate on global responsibility at the Museum of Arkady Fiedler, famous Polish traveler and author.

Programme

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Thursday 13th of July

16:00 - 19:00 - (expeditions) River, lakes and wet areas wild life expeditions with guides (one small group)

16:00 - 18:00 - (cars necessary) excursion to Rogalin (8 km) - very old oaks reserve

17:00 - 18:00 - (informal q/a meeting) Klaus Linsenmeier and Irene Hahn-Fuhr (Heinrich Böll Foundation

Brussels and Warsaw) - German Greens before the parliamentary election

17:00 - 19:30 - (open to the pulic) "Puszczykowo - a small town in neighborhood of Greater Poland

National Park" - Visit of Puszszczykowo and meeting with local active inhabitants on the

struggle for the model of development of the town

17:00 - 19:00 - (coordination meeting) "Digital commons" - preparation of streamings, webinars and

videoconferences

19:30 - Integration fire camp or diner (in function of weather conditions)

Friday 14th of July

Saturday 15^th of July

• Polish-Ukrainian working meeting - to be planned, outside in the open air
• Ostra Zieleń meeting - to be planned, outside in the open air or in an extra room
• Meeting of Save the Rivers Coalition (KRR) with Michael Cramer-tbc.- to be planned, outside in the open air or in an extra room
• Meeting with Edouard Gaudot and Lucile Schmid on the situation of the French Greens after the French elections - to be planned, outside in the open air or in an extra room

19:00 - 20:00 - Wild life river, lake, wet areas expeditions: preparation for the participants of the next morning expedition

Dinner party 20:00 - 0:00

Sunday 16^th of July

7:00 - 9:00 - (expeditions) River, lakes and wet areas ecosystems, birdwatching

7:30 - 10:00 - Breakfast

8:30 - 10:00"Climate breakfast" with prof. Zbigniew Kundzewicz, climate resercher collaborating with IPCC (for interested persons)

11:00 - 12:30 public meeting at Arkady Fiedler Museum - "From Puszczykowo to Indonesia, our global responsibility"

10:00 - departure of the special bus for Warsaw, arrival to Warsaw at about 14:30 (near the Central

Railway Station)

Contacts:

Official address: Fundacja Strefa Zieleni, ul. E. Schroegera 28, 01-822 Warszawa, Poland

Postal address: Fundacja Strefa Zieleni, ul. Marszałkowska 53 lok. 46, 00-676 Warszawa, Poland

* Persons in great difficulty, please contact us, we will find a solution

The fee must be paid before the beginning of the Green Summer Academy, by bank transfer to the account of Fundacja Strefa Zieleni:

66 1020 1097 0000 7602 0237 0450

title: "Green Summer Academy participation fee"

(from abroad: IBAN: PL66 1020 1097 0000 7602 0237 0450, Swift/BIC: BPKOPLPW)

[1] for the amount of the participation fee see the table at the end of this document